Returning

Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun

Linda Malat Tiburzi, 51, facing camera, and Mary Green, 51, hug after returning from a bus trip to Richmond, VA. In the background is Robert Duncan, 48. They are three of many of John Merzbacher victims who went to the federal appeals court in Virginia where the court heard arguments from the state and former Catholic school teacher and convicted child rapist John Merzbacher, who's serving four life terms. His lawyers argued he should be offered a chance to take a 15-year plea deal his former lawyers neglected to tell him about.

Linda Malat Tiburzi, 51, facing camera, and Mary Green, 51, hug after returning from a bus trip to Richmond, VA. In the background is Robert Duncan, 48. They are three of many of John Merzbacher victims who went to the federal appeals court in Virginia where the court heard arguments from the state and former Catholic school teacher and convicted child rapist John Merzbacher, who's serving four life terms. His lawyers argued he should be offered a chance to take a 15-year plea deal his former lawyers neglected to tell him about. (Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun)

Linda Malat Tiburzi, 51, facing camera, and Mary Green, 51, hug after returning from a bus trip to Richmond, VA. In the background is Robert Duncan, 48. They are three of many of John Merzbacher victims who went to the federal appeals court in Virginia where the court heard arguments from the state and former Catholic school teacher and convicted child rapist John Merzbacher, who's serving four life terms. His lawyers argued he should be offered a chance to take a 15-year plea deal his former lawyers neglected to tell him about.